The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-06-18
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Wanted-Two or three atlas maps Of La
fayette county at this Office.
New cutters are badly needed On both sides
of Main between 9th and 10th.
Franklin street near DIR. Owens is badly
washed and should be looked aftei.
The Ryland wall has been down nearly two
years. Is it not about time to replace 1t?
The brick work upon Mr.. Cbrs. Walks
new cottage is completed and the roof on.
10. Meyers Is making considerable improve
meuts to his residence property on Main
street.
Brick laying on the new hotel commenced
last Monday, and work will be pushed IS fast
as possible.
Tour of the Rocky Mountains. Hsgen's
opera house, Monday night. Tuesday after
noon and night.
Mr.. A. LOOMS has had q new glass front
put In his store, which improves its appear
ance considerably.
We are glad to learn that Dover is to have
q daily mail. 1t won't be very long till 1t has
two every day, and fast ones at that.
Mr. Quigley. of st. Louis, is going to bore
for natural gas at Holden. There is a gas
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The Ladies Christian Aid Society will COM
mence work upon their parsonage so soon rs
the plans and specifications caa be drawn.
Mr. JOS. Weibel accidentally sawed cd the
first and second fingers Of his right hand ut
the furnitureifactory, Thursday Of last week.
That shed of Mr.. Sturges's is q whopper.
We heard 1t called an exposition building,
but it is merely the finest lumber shelter in
the county.
There was a big slide on the Mo. P. grade
at Mr.. Jared CaldwelPs during the 'remend-
Gus rain Of last Friday. 1t will take some
days to remove the surplus earth
The council should move the lamp from the
old d pot to corner Of laundry lot, where it
will afford light to persons going to the new
depot. 1t is doing no good where it is.
This thing of boys shooting at marks with
rifles in the heart Of the town should be
stopped. Rifles nowadays will carry an in
credible distance, and i it is dangerous to shoot
them in civilization.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church will
give a raspberry and Ice cream festival Ut the
seminary grounds, next Tuesday evening
from q to 10 O'Clock. Proceeds for the benefit
of the seminary. Everybody is requested to
attend.
Wheat cutting began in this county to a
limited extent last Monday. By Wednesday
there were a good many people In the har-
vest field. TIT bulk of the crop, d. v. will
be put in shock next week. The number of
biscuits grown in Lafayette county this year.
would be hard to compute. The bushels of
-rlaat I'LL ko eo,,a.,Laro alosa 20 r-n vii
lions.
MIR. Jacob Fegert has just opened q new
grocery store In the building lately occupied
by Robt F.. Waddell, one door north of the
O. S. Presbyterian church. he will be glad
to welcome there sIl his old friends and Gus.
toners and q. many new Ones as choose to
favor him with their patronage. Jake i, q
clever fellow and we hope to see him well
patronized.
We have two fine samples of stone from
the cut at Mr.. jared Caldwell's near Berlin.
One is a milk white lime stone, and the other
q very fine sandstone, indeed the latter is q
superior specimen, and should become very
profitable Yet there are men who will higgie
with a railroad about q right-of-way which
develops and makes such things profitable.
We dOu't mean Mr.. Caldwell by this.
Odessa Democrat:-"Mr. S. L. McBurney
has just completed the enumeration for the
Odessa school district. and reports 379 white
children, SO colored, and 231 taxpayers
Martin Slaughter, Esq, reached home frou
Ell Dorado Springs Tuesday morning in ex'
cellent health and spirits. He came arouuc
through Kansas by way of Topeka. He re
ports the ravages of the chInchhugs through
the portions of Kansas that he lraversed a.
serious 10 the wheat and corn crops.
Boonville. No., June l3.-Mr. Walter vii
liams sold his farm, two miles west of Boon
VILE, consisting of Ill acres, adjoining tn,
Boonvflle coal mines, to the mining company
for $1,000. This company has leased OF
bought all the lands joining the mines, ha.
Issued $3.50 900 in stock, one-half of which
has been taken by Kansas City parties. ant
proposes to begin operations upon an activ,
scale at once. The property Is very valuable
being situated upon the Missouri Pacific
railroad and will be OF great benefit to thi
city.
Tn advantages to a town of natural ga
can scarcely be realized until seen, Fuel a
one sixth the cost of coal, and houses heatet
without the least scint lila of dirt. smoke O
disa2reeable odor, are desiderata which ever,
woman can appreciate. Beside, just think O
starting q fire by the mere striking of match
as YOU now light the gas for illuminating
purposes! And then in winter how you cal
have an all night warm house with ~scarcel
any expense. AS to our having it here! VIII
just read what is being done all around US
from Pennsylvania to Colorado, more especi
ally in Indiana, where the conditions are al
most Identical with ours.
NapOleon:-Harvest is almost here and tn
, fields are very soft from many heavy rains
But as Providence has given such an except
ionally good season, we hope to have fin
, harvest weather. Wheat looks fine so far
and promises a big yield. Corn is splendid
= and almost outgrowlng weeds and grass
r The heavy wind storms have injured frui
= trees considerably. Those VINO have tree
will have peaches enough this year. Mos
other fruits plentiful. Garden truck NOR,
abundant than usual, and chickens enough
growing to feed all the Methodist preacher
and a few for the other kinds too. And lot
# Turkeys for Thanksgiving. Harvest com
menced lst inst. Is it not unuauall7 early
, Hogs dow to So so. MIR. Griss Harra an,
i; , son are feeding a ine lot Of cattle, which !
to build a fine dwelling house. when sold, o.
> one of their fine farms in this county. Mr.
Sterling Grub expects to build q new hous,
this summer. Mrs. Turner and son Q
Illinois, are visiting Mrs. Stephen Worley
MIR. George Hglse's little son, Claude, brok
his arm while playing with q wagon whee
sary to amputate the arm near the shoulde
to save his life; he is doing well now, but
marred for life. poor boy.
; Platte City, Mo-, Landmark:-"We are i
receipt of George P. Rowell Il Co.'s News
. paper Directory for 1887, the best authorit
for advertisers In the country, and we fin
, that of the $40 county weeklies IN this state
: the Fulton Galloway Gazette, the Lexington
Iutelligencer and the Landmark are rated th
highest es to circulation, and all rated alike
We are doing our best TO keep up the credi
Of old Platte, but it will require the lbers
support of our people to keep up with sue
big towns as Lexington and Fulton, whic
are many time larger than Platte City. W
I hopo, however, that with a good long pull al
together this year and next, we can top ther
just a leetie, Then We will Fapt to crow!
We had the pleasure, q Few days ago. I
pay a visit to the pump house OF the water
works, in company with Mr.. Abendroth. Mr.
w. b. Steele, Mr.. James Wentworth and MI
W. q, McCausland, and we were surprise
, TO see the improvements there The machin